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Increase of demand on cabbage for Malaysia
Malaysia
Tuesday 30 March 2010
NAD
Cameron Ighlands cannot respond to the large consumer demand of cabbage
Local demand for cabbage are more than what Cameron Highlands can produce.
The demand for highland cabbage slightly increases during major festive celebrations while production levels decrease significantly during the monsoon seasons.
The average Malaysian consumes about 35 kilograms of cabbage per year and collectively munch through some 6,000 metric tonnes of the leafy vegetable a month.
Indeed, the average highland farm produces between 15-20 metric tonnes of cabbage per acre (0.44 hectares), which take between 75-90 days to mature.
That’s why the Ministry of Agriculture approves the imports from Thailand, Indonesia and China.
But farmers says importers brought in more than they should, causing a glut which brought prices down.
To enable consumers to obtain their daily quota , the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) have set up a marketing information system to determine monthly as well as seasonal production quotas and monitor supply-demand considerations.
